Huffman was diagnosed recently with stage IV bladder cancer and was dealing with symptoms at his home in Battle Creek in recent weeks, surrounded by his friends and his wife Michelle and 6-year-old son Christian.

The 7-foot-1 Huffman was a 1993 graduate of Lakeview and reached the heights of professional basketball in the late 1990s as one of the best players in Europe and later signed with the Toronto Raptors of the NBA.